The Dukes of Hazzard

by GenX Grownup | Jan 14, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

About This Episode Forty-five years ago, a southern action-adventure comedy set in rural Georgia hit the small screen. For seven seasons in the early ’80s, we followed the adventures of Bo & Luke Duke and their ’69 Dodge Charger. In this Backtrack, we look back on...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tom Asaki

by Todd Friedman | Jan 7, 2025 | 1980s, 2000s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tom Asaki who is displayed on card number 1046, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.  As one of the founding members of the U.S. National Video Game Team, Tom is one of the original players at the Twin Galaxies arcade in the...

RetroAchievements Put a Modern Spin on Classic games

by Matthew Owen | Dec 30, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld

The evolution of video games has brought about controversial additions like constant online connectivity and battle passes, but some of these newer features are actually quite good. Take for instance the modern achievement system, popularized in 2005 with the release...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Michael Thomasson

by Todd Friedman | Dec 27, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns

Interview from July 7th, 2017. Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Michael Thomasson who is displayed on card number 531, from the Twin Galaxies Superstars Collection of 2013. Michael is also featured on card number 670.  Michael is one of the most widely...

Tetra Zone – A modern take on a classic WIP for the Commodore Amiga

by Indie Retro News | Dec 26, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you’ve played the 1980’s hit game of Tetris then you’ll be pleased to know that as of this morning, we have been informed that you can now download Wei-ju Wu’s WIP Commodore Amiga game of Tetra Zone. As in the words of the creator “a...

Getting into the Holiday Spirit with Two Classic Games

by Old School Gamer | Dec 25, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

As we all frantically get ready to celebrate, it’s difficult to avoid the seasonal bombardment of the usual yuletide media: Christmas music, Christmas films, Christmas-themed episodes of TV shows, and Christmas books to a much lesser extent. But what about...